| HB1563 | Intro
Sine Die | Reporting of methamphetamine offenses. Requires courts to report methamphetamine related convictions to the state police department. Requires the state police department to report methamphetamine related convictions to the National Association of Dru... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee |
| HB1597 | Intro
Sine Die | Sexual misconduct with a minor. Removes the defense to the crime of sexual misconduct with a minor that the accused person reasonably believed that the child was at least 16 years of age at the time of the conduct. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee |
| SB0192 | Intro
Sine Die | Animal fighting contests. Makes attending an animal fighting contest a Level 6 felony. Repeals the law that makes it cruelty to an animal, a Class A misdemeanor, for a person to attend a fighting contest involving animals. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee |
| HB1544 | Intro
Sine Die | High school career and technical programs. Provides that a high school may: (1) offer a career or technical program that is not offered by a career and technical center located in the same county; and (2) allow students from other high schools in the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To House Education Committee |
| HB1560 | Intro
Sine Die | PERF military service credit. Provides that, after June 30, 2015, an active member of the public employees' retirement fund is entitled to receive, under certain conditions, service credit for the member's active duty service in the armed forces of t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To House Employment, Labor and Pensions Committee |
| HB1533 | Intro
Sine Die | Rape issues. Provides that a person commits rape if the person engages in sexual activity without the affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in the sexual activity. Increases the minimum sentence for rape as a Level 3 felony to six... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee |
| HB1536 | Intro
Sine Die | Sales tax holiday. Provides a sales and use tax exemption each year beginning on the second Friday of August 2015 and August 2016 through the following Sundays (sales tax holiday) for the following items: (1) Clothing, if the sales price does not exc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB0570 | Intro
Sine Die | Chronic disease reporting and funding. Requires the state department of health to report annually to the general assembly concerning the status of the state chronic disease registry and specifies information to be included. Establishes the kidney ear... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To Senate Health and Provider Services Committee |
| SB0562 | Intro
Sine Die | Teaching methods. Requires the state board of education, the department of education, governing bodies of school corporations, superintendents, principals, and other public school administrators to: (1) endeavor to create an environment within public... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To Senate Education and Career Development Committee |
| HB1608 | Intro
Sine Die | Deduction for investment interest. Allows an individual to subtract investment interest payments in the calculation of the individual's Indiana adjusted gross income if the investment interest payments are: (1) made with respect to tangible property ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB0561 | Intro
Sine Die | Vehicle remarketers. Creates the Indiana vehicle remarketer commission (commission) to license and register persons engaged in the remarketing of motor vehicles. Sets standards and responsibilities for persons in the professions of vehicle remarketer... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To Senate Commerce & Technology Committee |
| HB1525 | Intro
Sine Die | Residence of law enforcement officers. Requires municipal police officers to reside within the municipality that they serve. Creates exceptions for state and county police officers. Provides that police officers residing outside a city or town before... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee |
| HB1578 | Intro
Sine Die | Length of school year. Provides that a school corporation may include not more than six half days, during which students are dismissed early, in the 180 student instructional days required for a school year. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To House Education Committee |
| SB0555 | Intro
Sine Die | HERO plan. Establishes the Hoosier Employee Retirement Option plan (plan) to encourage Indiana residents to increase their rate of saving and to build assets for the use of participants and their survivors and beneficiaries after a participant's reti... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To Senate Pensions and Labor Committee |
| HB1524 | Intro
Sine Die | Employment protection for veterans. Provides that the rights, benefits, and protections of the federal Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act apply to members of the armed forces of the United States on active duty or to the spouse or dependent of a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee |
| HB1568 | Intro
Sine Die | Sewer and storm water fees incurred by tenants. Establishes billing procedures for municipal sewage or storm water user fees assessed for real property that is occupied by someone other than the owner. Provides that a lien does not attach for user fe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20 To House Local Government Committee |
| HB1327 | Intro
Sine Die | Student health coverage information. Requires the secretary of family and social services, with the cooperation of the department of insurance, to compile written consumer information concerning certain coverage for health care services. Requires the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To House Education Committee |
| HB1243 | Intro
Sine Die | Disclosure of personally identifiable student information. Prohibits access to personally identifiable student information obtained from education records to outside parties without the consent of the student or student's parent except under certain ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To House Education Committee |
| HB1295 | Intro
Sine Die | Criminal law issues. Provides that a defendant's bond will be automatically forfeited if a defendant fails to appear for court unless the court orders the defendant's bond to not be forfeited. Provides that a defendant's bond will be automatically fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee |
| HB1428 | Intro
Sine Die | Ignition interlock devices. Provides that if a person has a previous conviction for operating while intoxicated and the court grants specialized driving privileges, the court shall order that the specialized driving privileges include the requirement... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To House Roads and Transportation Committee |
| HB1123 | Intro
Sine Die | Donations to educational foundations. Reenacts a provision (which expired in 2012) that authorizes a school corporation to donate up to $25,000 per year from any fund of the school corporation from which the donation may be made legally to a public s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To House Education Committee |
| HB1259 | Intro
Sine Die | Employer wellness tax credit. Restores the income tax credit for small employers who provide a qualified wellness program for their employees for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015. Provides that the credit may not be awarded for costs i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1204 | Intro
Sine Die | School supply tax holiday. Provides a sales tax exemption for school instructional materials that are purchased during the first two weeks in August, if the sales price of the item of school instructional material does not exceed $500. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1317 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibition on taxation of Internet access. Provides that neither the state nor a political subdivision may impose, assess, collect, or attempt to collect a tax on Internet access or the use of Internet access. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1488 | Intro
Sine Die | Traffic safety. Requires a motorist to provide at least three feet of clearance between a motor vehicle and a bicycle when at the speed of 30 miles per hour or less. Provides that at least one additional foot of clearance for every 10 miles per hour ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To House Roads and Transportation Committee |
| SB0122 | Intro
Sine Die | Vanderburgh circuit court magistrate. Allows the judge of the Vanderburgh circuit court to appoint a second full-time magistrate. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on courts and the judiciary.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| SB0018 | Intro
Sine Die | Grandparent and great-grandparent visitation. Grandparent and great-grandparent visitation. Allows great-grandparents to seek visitation rights with their great-grandchildren in certain circumstances. Allows a grandparent or great-grandparent to seek... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1082 | Intro
Sine Die | Diabetes assessment report. Requires the state department of health, the state personnel department, and the office of the secretary of family and social services to: (1) collaborate to identify plans to reduce the incidence of diabetes and diabetes ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To House Public Health Committee |
| HB1387 | Intro
Sine Die | Cannabis oil criminal exemption. Exempts individuals from criminal penalties for possession or use of cannabis oil if: (1) the individual is a patient of a physician who is practicing at a hospital or clinic that is affiliated with a state medical sc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee |
| SB0187 | Intro
Sine Die | Donations to educational foundations. Reenacts a provision (which expired in 2012) that authorizes a school corporation to donate up to $25,000 per year from any fund of the school corporation from which the donation may be legally made to a public s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee |
| SB0445 | Intro
Sine Die | Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine. Provides that materials, compounds, mixtures, or preparations that contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine are schedule IV controlled substances that may be dispensed only by prescription, except for a product that is dete... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee |
| HB1334 | Intro
Sine Die | Transborder groundwater authority. Establishes the Indiana-Kentucky transborder groundwater authority (authority). Requires the authority to study ownership rights in the groundwater resources shared by Indiana and Kentucky and to explore the desirab... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To House Statutory Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation |
| HB1301 | Intro
Sine Die | Criminal mischief. Increases from a Class B misdemeanor to a Level 6 felony the penalty for criminal mischief based on damaging or defacing the property of another, if the offense was committed while manufacturing or attempting to manufacture a contr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee |
| SB0527 | Intro
Sine Die | School performance measures. Provides that an accredited nonpublic school or freeway school may administer, instead of the ISTEP program, another nationally recognized and norm referenced assessment. Corrects obsolete cross-references. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To Senate Education and Career Development Committee |
| HB1440 | Intro
Sine Die | Assessment of common areas for tax purposes. Provides that a common area may not be subjected to a property tax liability in excess of one dollar for any assessment date. Defines "common area" as a parcel of land in a residential development that: (1... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB0223 | Intro
Sine Die | Rape penalty. Increases the penalty for rape without an enhancement to a Level 2 felony. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 Withdrawn |
| HB1412 | Intro
Sine Die | Severe injury to first responders. Defines "permanent disabling harm" and permits imposition of a nonsuspendible sentencing enhancement of five to 10 years if the state proves that a person committed a felony that caused a public safety official to s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee |
| HB1389 | Intro
Sine Die | Crimes and persons with intellectual disabilities. Defines "intellectual disability" and permits a person with an intellectual disability to participate in a forensic diversion program. Authorizes a prosecuting attorney to require a person participat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To House Courts and Criminal Code Committee |
| SB0553 | Intro
Sine Die | Fire and building safety. Provides that for purposes of the building code, a Class 2 structure townhouse may be separated from an adjoining unit by a one hour fire-resistance rated wall combined with a National Fire Protection Association 13D complia... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To Senate Homeland Security & Transportation Committee |
| HB1442 | Intro
Sine Die | Veterans education center of excellence. Establishes the Indiana veterans education center of excellence to serve as a clearinghouse for information concerning educational benefits and programs available to veterans at state educational institutions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To House Education Committee |
| SB0520 | Intro
Sine Die | School buses. Provides that when a school bus is operated on a highway, the driver shall load and unload a student as close as practical to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. Makes changes to prerequisites for bidders to receive school trans... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To Senate Homeland Security & Transportation Committee |
| SB0511 | Intro
Sine Die | Massage therapists. Provides that massage therapists are governed by the health professions standards of practice. (Under current law, massage therapists are governed by the professional licensing standards of practice.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To Senate Commerce & Technology Committee |
| SB0483 | Intro
Sine Die | Advanced technology vehicle fee. Imposes an annual fee on advanced technology vehicles. Deposits the fees in the motor vehicle highway account. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To Senate Homeland Security & Transportation Committee |
| HB1441 | Intro
Sine Die | Jury duty deferrals for postsecondary students. Provides that a prospective juror who is a full-time student enrolled in and attending an approved postsecondary educational institution during an academic year shall be exempted from jury service until... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1400 | Intro
Sine Die | Asbestos litigation. Provides special proceedings for asbestos claims. Requires a plaintiff who files a personal injury action involving an asbestos claim to provide information to all parties in the action regarding each asbestos claim the plaintiff... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1391 | Intro
Sine Die | Credit for income taxes paid to another state. Provides that the maximum income tax credit that an Indiana resident may take for income taxes paid to another state includes the Indiana local option income tax rate in addition to the Indiana state adj... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB0480 | Intro
Sine Die | Nomination of candidates for U. Senate. Provides that a political party with a certain threshold number of members of the general assembly is required to nominate its candidate for United States Senate by a caucus consisting of all the members of tha... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To Senate Elections Committee |
| HB1020 | Intro
Sine Die | Removal of obstructions from streams. Amends the law providing for the removal of obstructions from mutual drains and natural surface watercourses to make the law apply also to the removal of obstructions from streams. Provides that the owner of a tr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To House Local Government Committee |
| SB0477 | Intro
Sine Die | Business development closing fund. Establishes the business development closing fund (fund) to provide incentives in the form of forgivable loans to be used to attract new business and economic development to Indiana and encourage expansion of existi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| HB1484 | Intro
Sine Die | Local government fees and funds. Provides that the maximum property tax rates for county cumulative capital development funds, municipal cumulative capital development funds, and fire protection territory equipment replacement funds will no longer be... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14 To House Ways and Means Committee |